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President Joe Biden has expressed disappointment over some state authorities passing laws or signing orders that "forbid people from doing the right thing" in the fight against the coronavirus. While delivering remarks on his Administration's progress toward fighting the pandemic, he named two states where the Republican Governors declined to follow the federal government's lead in imposing mask and vaccination mandates.
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The Biden administration announced a set of additional measures and incentives to help increase vaccination rates and combat the spread of the Delta variant in the United States with indications of a third wave of COVID-19 looming.